25 of the best family feuds on TV

Fallon and Cristal Carrington — Dynasty

I dare say this current remake of the ’80s classic soap, Dynasty, might be just a smidge juicier than its predecessor. I don’t remember the original Fallon Carrington releasing a salacious tape featuring Cristal or banging the limo driver.

However, this family feud is classic in its inception. Father remarries a young, beautiful woman, and daughter feels threatened at her presence in his life. This feud goes far beyond this, as the said daughter and step-mother are disgustingly rich, around the same age, and ambitious to a fault.

This is the ultimate in family feuds, and has even devolved to dramatic face-slaps, a torn wedding dress, and all the veiled (and not-so veiled) insults. Although both women have their faults, Fallon is the pettier of the two. After her father awarded Cristal the COO job she thought was rightfully hers, she devolved into the absolute worst version of an awful step-daughter imaginable.

Fallon set out to ruin Cristal in business and in her father’s eyes, but she has yet to be successful. Her father, Blake, has hearts in his eyes, and nothing Fallon throws at here sticks. If leaking a tape with her married lover isn’t enough to destroy Cristal, I can’t imagine what will.

Although Cristal isn’t doing too much sabotaging and plotting on her own, she certainly isn’t lying down to take Fallon’s abuse, either. She’s holding her own in this family feud, but it’s not over yet.